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After failing to get an overhaul of Iowa's commercial property tax system through the Legislature last session, Gov. Terry Branstad said he has begun meeting with local government leaders and would seek the "broad consensus" needed to gain approval of big changes. READ MORE...

Italy's Catholic Church has shifted gears and shown a willingness to revisit its tax-exempt status amid renewed criticism that much of its vast real estate holdings isn't subject to local property taxes. READ MORE...

Most homeowners know and agree that the Florida Constitution contains a “homestead exemption”. Invariably, that is where the agreement ends. Many people do not realize that there are three different types of “homestead exemption” in the state constitution. This is one part of the Wikipedia article on Florida homestead that is correct – but be careful about the rest. Florida’s Constitution has included homestead exemptions for over a hundred years. They are as follows: READ MORE...

Minnesota House Republicans said Monday they'd push for property tax relief for home and business owners in the next legislative session, amid continuing fallout from the elimination of a popular property tax credit earlier this year. READ MORE...

Simmons said the market has suffered because the existing Save Our Homes structure has created a “great inequity” in property taxes between neighbors, between nonhomesteaded property and homestead land, and even with new home buyers having to pay current market assessments, while longtime homesteaded neighbors pay far less. READ MORE...

SALEM, Ore. -- The promise of lucrative tax breaks helped persuade Facebook to build a data center in one of Oregon's most economically depressed counties. Now, the state and the company are in a dispute over how much Facebook may owe in property taxes, and the social networking giant fears it could be taxed on intangible assets like the value of its powerful brand. Read More...

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A class-action lawsuit filed by several hundred Philadelphia real-estate owners asks Commonwealth Court to void the budget deal made this year between City Council and the legislature, leading to a one-year delay in the city's use of more accurate property assessment figures. Read more

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has unveiled a $408.3 million spending plan for 2013 that would reduce spending and cut more than 100 jobs but increase the amount of money to be raised by taxes. Read more

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